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- Updated: December 6, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The American League East got even tougher on Tuesday, as the Red Sox acquired ace starter Chris Sale in a four-prospect package trade with the White Sox.
The Orioles, who posted a .234 batting average against left-handed pitching last season — which ranked 29th in the Majors — will now face a southpaw-heavy Red Sox rotation that also includes David Price.
Sale, who has been coveted by the Orioles in offseasons past, is 14-8 with a 2.53 ERA in 25 starts against AL East teams other than the Red Sox.
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“I did see that the Orioles have a pretty good record against him which is helpful,” O’s executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said of Sale, who is 2-2 with a …
